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Warrant: Multiple Durham shootings connected, retaliatory
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (65+ words) Durham Police say a murder in February at a Durham Housing Authority complex spurred retaliatory shootings over the span of seven months, killing two adults and injuring three children and teenagers. This comes as Durham leaders prepare to implement violence…...
Wake DA investigates whether officers broke the law during Raleigh bar incident
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (619+ words) Wake County’s top prosecutor has ordered an investigation into whether law enforcement officers broke the law when they took two patrons to the ground inside a Raleigh bar during an ID check. Surveillance video obtained by WRAL, which happened early…...
Woman wanted for 2 Virginia murders arrested in Halifax County
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (177+ words) Virginia State Police said a woman wanted on two counts of second-degree murder was arrested Thursday morning in Halifax County. Dennikia Rachelle Boyce, 37, was arrested in Scotland Neck on a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. She was…...
Durham police arrest 8, seize guns and drugs tied to recent violent crimes
1+ week, 2+ day ago (230+ words) Durham police arrested eight people and seized nine firearms, drugs and ammunition during a search connected to recent shootings and a homicide in the city. The Durham Police Department’s Homicide/Violent Crimes Unit, with help from the Special Operations Unit…...
NC crime report says overall crime decreases, domestic violence grows
1+ week, 3+ day ago (302+ words) Reported crime has declined in North Carolina during the first six months of 2026, with the exception of domestic-related violence. Property crimes have seen the greatest decrease, followed by violent crimes. Property crimes are down 11.9% this year, and violent crime is…...
Weldon police chief retiring after 23 years with town
1+ week, 6+ day ago (107+ words) WRAL Weldon police chief retiring after 23 years with town Weldon police chief Christopher Davis announced over the weekend that he will retire. Davis has been chief for the last eight years but served the town of Weldon for 23 years. He…...
Chinese artist sentenced to 3 years in prison over satirical Mao artworks
2+ week, 5+ day ago (396+ words) The U.S.-based Gao, who was part of an artistic duo known internationally as the Gao Brothers, was arrested while visiting family in China in August 2024. He has been in official custody since then. He was sentenced by the Sanhei People's…...
Police arrest a California man after finding a guillotine near the US Capitol
2+ week, 5+ day ago (111+ words) WRAL Police detained 35-year-old Philan-Tam-Duy Le of Julian, California, shortly after 3 p.m., when the truck he was driving containing the device was illegally parked east of the Capitol grounds, Capitol police said. Officers said they were investigating why the suspect, who…...
Prominent Sikh separatist says FBI has warned him of new threat on his life
2+ week, 5+ day ago (367+ words) He said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police warned him by telephone on Tuesday, though neither law enforcement agency gave any details about the plot that was uncovered. Messages seeking comment from both law enforcement agencies were not immediately returned. Pannun,…...
Nebraska's largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students
3+ week, 3+ day ago (632+ words) Omaha Superintendent Matthew Ray requested that police working in the schools, known as school resource officers, stop using the gloves. Omaha Police agreed. However, the suburban Bellevue police department that patrols two Omaha schools and the large Bellevue district said…...